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elmersalsa wrote:I just can't see how a guy like Vernon Forrest could beat someone as extraordinary as the great Thomas Hearns. Especially, the version of The Hitman at 154lbs. Forrest has never showed me that he was close to very good.

Never showed you he was close to very good???? ... That's the dumbest crap I've ever heard elmersalsa... You've never SEEN the peak Vernon Forrest.

Sugar Shane Mosley was 38-0 and the "Number 1 Pound-for-Pound Boxer on Planet Earth" when a peak Vernon Forrest (33-0) destroyed Sugar Shane... Mosley had never been knocked down in 250 amateur and 38 professional fights -- but Forrest smashed him to the canvas twice in a brutal 2nd round and completely dominated Mosley, almost sweeping him out of the ring in one of the best performances ever... It was one of the most highly anticipated fights ever... It took a long time to make because nobody wanted to fight the undefeated Forrest, who was a great boxer and puncher... Feast your eyes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbDSy1gJ0PM on the peak, undefeated Viper pounding "The new Sugar Ray Robinson"

Now, AFTER that fight Forrest had recurring left shoulder and elbow problems that DID kill his career... But the peak Vernon Forrest is the above fight.

I have seen Vernon Forrest fight many times before the two Shane Mosley bouts. He never convinced me, kalan.

Hit the link and at least watch the first 2 rounds to refresh your memory... You musta forgot how good Forrest was at his peak at 147... He'd beat Floyd.

Kalan wrote:

elmersalsa wrote:I just can't see how a guy like Vernon Forrest could beat someone as extraordinary as the great Thomas Hearns. Especially, the version of The Hitman at 154lbs. Forrest has never showed me that he was close to very good.

Never showed you he was close to very good???? ... That's the dumbest crap I've ever heard elmersalsa... You've never SEEN the peak Vernon Forrest.

Sugar Shane Mosley was 38-0 and the "Number 1 Pound-for-Pound Boxer on Planet Earth" when a peak Vernon Forrest (33-0) destroyed Sugar Shane... Mosley had never been knocked down in 250 amateur and 38 professional fights -- but Forrest smashed him to the canvas twice in a brutal 2nd round and completely dominated Mosley, almost sweeping him out of the ring in one of the best performances ever... It was one of the most highly anticipated fights ever... It took a long time to make because nobody wanted to fight the undefeated Forrest, who was a great boxer and puncher... Feast your eyes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbDSy1gJ0PM on the peak, undefeated Viper pounding "The new Sugar Ray Robinson"

Now, AFTER that fight Forrest had recurring left shoulder and elbow problems that DID kill his career... But the peak Vernon Forrest is the above fight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5HbhMCga5U

feast your eyes on the great Kosta Tszuyu schooling Forrest

Not a lot of schooling went on in that amateur fight -- despite Tszyu's big edge in experience... It was close and competitive.

But 6 years later---long after Tszyu turned pro---he fought Vince Phillips and was knocked out in the 10th... Vernon Forrest dominated the same Vince Philips